Adolf von Baeyer Commemorative Medal
Professor Armido Studer is the 2025 awardee of the Adolf von Baeyer Memorial Medal. Armido Studer is one of the internationally leading scientists in the field of organic chemistry and has played a major role in shaping radical chemistry over the past twenty years. In his early work, he recognised the potential of persistent radicals for radical–radical cross-couplings. In current research projects, he has expanded the application of TEMPO radicals as one-electron oxidants and established the innovative field of NHC catalysis (N-heterocyclic carbenes). His high international profile is reflected, among other things, in numerous publications in prestigious journals.
The Adolf von Baeyer Memorial Medal is awarded to scientists for outstanding work in the field of organic chemistry. The prize was established in 1910 by Carl Duisberg to commemorate his teacher Adolf von Baeyer’s 50th anniversary as a lecturer and 75th birthday. The GDCh has presented this award since 1949. It was initially funded by Bayer AG and later from a special fund of the GDCh. The award’s namesake, Adolf von Baeyer, was one of the most distinguished chemists of his time and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1905 for the synthesis of indigo and triphenylmethane dyes.
Required nomination documents: Brief justification, CV and publication list with the top 10 publications
Deadline: 15 September 2026
| 2025 | Armido Studer, University of Münster |
| 2023 | Rainer Herges, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel |
| 2019 | Frank Würthner, Würzburg |
| 2017 | Peter R. Schreiner, Gießen |
| 2015 | Carsten Bolm, Aachen |
| 2013 | Klaus Müllen, Mainz |
| 2011 | François Diederich, Zurich/Switzerland |
| 2009 | Gerhard Erker, Münster |
| 2007 | Wolfram Sander, Bochum |
| 2005 | Armin de Meijere, Göttingen |
| 2003 | Fritz Vögtle, Bonn |
| 2001 | Dieter Hoppe, Münster |
| 1999 | Manfred Regitz, Kaiserslautern |
| 1996 | Henning Hopf, Braunschweig |
| 1994 | Rolf Gleiter, Heidelberg |
| 1991 | Günther Maier, Gießen |
| 1989 | Horst Prinzbach, Freiburg |
| 1987 | Wolfgang Kirmse, Bochum |
| 1986 | Paul von Ragué Schleyer, Erlangen |
| 1985 | Wolfgang Richard Roth, Bochum |
| 1983 | Christoph Rüchardt, Freiburg |
| 1980 | Klaus Hafner, Darmstadt |
| 1979 | Heinz A. Staab, Heidelberg |
| 1978 | Rudolf Wiechert, Berlin |
| 1975 | Hans Albert Offe, Wuppertal-Elberfeld |
| 1971 | Eugen Müller, Tübingen |
| 1968 | Otto Scherer, Frankfurt a. M. |
| 1967 | Siegfried Hünig, Würzburg |
| 1965 | Franz Sondheimer, Cambridge/UK |
| 1963 | Otto Roelen, Oberhausen-Holten |
| 1961 | John Eggert, Zurich/Switzerland |
| 1960 | Erich Haack, Mannheim Fritz Lindner, Frankfurt a. M. Heinrich Ruschig, Frankfurt a. M. |
| 1958 | Paul Schlack, Frankfurt a. M. |
| 1957 | Alfred Rieche, Berlin-Adlershof |
| 1956 | Gerhard Schrader, Wuppertal-Elberfeld |
| 1955 | Hermann O. L. Fischer, Berkeley/USA |
| 1954 | Arthur Zitscher, Offenbach a. M. |
| 1953 | Georg Wittig, Tübingen |
| 1952 | Gustav Ehrhart, Frankfurt a. M. |
| 1951 | Otto Bayer, Leverkusen |
| 1949 | Walter Reppe, Ludwigshafen |
| 1934 | Richard Kuhn, Heidelberg |
| 1931 | Otto Diels, Kiel |
| 1929 | Adolf Grün, Grenzach |
| 1927 | Adolf Windaus, Göttingen |
| 1925 | Otto Heinrich Warburg, Berlin |
| 1924 | Oscar Dressel, Bonn Bernhard Heymann, Leverkusen Richard Kothe, Leverkusen |
| 1921 | Max von Laue, Berlin |
| 1919 | Wilhelm Connstein, Berlin Karl Lüdecke, Berlin |
| 1914 | Richard Willstätter, Munich |
| 1911 | Paul Friedlaender, Darmstadt |
Prof. Dr. Frank Würthner, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (lead responsibility)
Prof. Dr. Lutz Ackermann, Georg August University of Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Anke Krüger, University of Stuttgart
Dr Carl Friedrich Nising, Bayer AG
Prof. Dr. Bart Jan Ravoo, University of Münster
Prof. Dr. Tanja Weil, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research